Internship at Cornell

Preservation Internships for the Staff of Southeast Asian Libraries
    and Archives
Department of Preservation and Conservation
Cornell University Library
Ithaca, NY

The Cornell University, with the partial support of the Henry Luce
Foundation, has established an internship program in preservation in
the Department of Preservation and Conservation.  The internships
are of two types, designed to address (a) preservation management
and administration and (b), preservation and conservation practice.
The training schedules for both types of internship training involve
exposure to each of the major units of the Department, including:
Digital Imaging, Reformatting, Brittle Book Replacement, Book
Repair, Book Conservation, Paper Conservation, Commercial Binding
Office, Conservation Liaison, and a variety of related
administrative functions.  The Department consists of thirty-five
staff, including John F. Dean (Director),  Anne R. Kenney (Associate
Director), Barbara Berger (Reformatting Librarian), Oya Rieger
(Digital Projects Librarian), Michele Brown (Book Conservator), and
Tatyana Petukhova (Paper Conservator), and Joan Brink (Conservation
Liaison Specialist).

Preservation Management and Administration   Of three months
duration, this internship will include full rotation through the
preservation units to establish a working familiarity with
preservation processes and to develop an awareness of cost and
production models.  The main thrust of the program however, will be
towards long-range planning, needs assessment, personnel management,
project development, securing of funding support, development and
achievement of organizational goals.  The intern will participate
fully in all budget, strategy planning, and project development
meetings, and will help to prepare a proposal for funding.  The
intern will study the Department's cooperative arrangements with
other libraries and consortia, and visit cooperating research
establishments.

Preservation Professional   Aimed at preservation practitioners,
such as conservators, technicians,  and supervisors, the internship
is of six months duration, with interns spending substantial amounts
of time within each unit.  The training can be tailored to the
intern's and employing institution's area of specialization and
interest.  An important objective of this training is the
development of the knowledge and skills to establish viable programs
in the intern's own institution, and to pass on some of the training
to others.

Application Procedures and Qualifications

Applications will be accepted from staff of libraries and archives
in Southeast Asia.  Applicants must be working in, or associated
with, a preservation program or involved in the planning for a new
preservation program.  Interns selected for the Preservation
Professional internship of six months should be library/archive
employees dedicated now or in the future to the preservation of
research library/archive material on an operational level.  Interns
selected for the Preservation Management and Administration
internship of three months should be library/archive administrators
with overall responsibility for preservation within their
collections.  All applicants should be proficient in English and
educated to a level equivalent to a minimum of a U.S. undergraduate
degree. Application should be through the parent institution, which
must certify that the intern will be dedicated to preservation
practice or administration within the institution on completion of
the training. Institutions may apply for both a six- month and a
three- month internship. The application form should be filled out
separately for each intern.  The internship program provides funding
for air travel to and from Ithaca, New York,  a stipend to support
living expenses during the internship period, and a small allowance
for limited educational travel within the United States.  During the
first year of the program, beginning in July 1997, only six month
internships will be offered, but applications will be accepted for
both types.  The deadline for applications for the first year is May
1st, and successful candidates will be notified by May 8th.
Applications should indicate: the name, address, and nature of the
employing institution;  name of the candidate and current
position/responsibilities; type of internship requested.  All
applications and enquiries should be mailed to:

    John F. Dean, Director,
    Department of Preservation and Conservation
    214 Olin Library,
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, NY 14853
    Fax: 607-254-7493


John F. Dean
Director and Conservation Librarian

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